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Lying to Ourselves
We rely on polls and surveys to tell us how ...
We rely on polls and surveys to tell us how people will behave in the future. Too bad they're completely unreliable.
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The Cobra Effect
When you want to get rid of a nasty pest, ...
When you want to get rid of a nasty pest, one obvious solution comes to mind: just offer a cash reward. But be careful -- because nothing backfires quite like a bounty.
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Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over
Sure, we love our computers and all the rest of ...
Sure, we love our computers and all the rest of our digital toys. But when it comes to real economic gains, can we ever match old-school innovations like the automobile and electricity?
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The Tale of the $15 Tomato
Trying to go rustic by baking, brewing, and knitting at ...
Trying to go rustic by baking, brewing, and knitting at home can be terribly inefficient. And that's a wonderful thing.
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Why Online Poker Should Be Legal
The data show that poker is indeed a game of ...
The data show that poker is indeed a game of skill, not chance, and a Federal judge agrees. So why are players still being treated like criminals?
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Fear Thy Nature
What "Sleep No More" and the Stanford Prison Experiment tell ...
What "Sleep No More" and the Stanford Prison Experiment tell us about who we really are.
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Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?
Binge drinking is a big problem at college football games. ...
Binge drinking is a big problem at college football games. Oliver Luck -- father of No. 1 NFL pick Andrew, and the athletic director at West Virginia University -- had an unusual idea to help solve it.
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How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
What we know -- and don't know -- about the ...
What we know -- and don't know -- about the gazillions of dollars that never show up on anyone's books.
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There’s Cake in the Breakroom!
If you think working from home offers too many distractions, ...
If you think working from home offers too many distractions, just think about what happens at the office.
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Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2
College tends to make people happier, healthier, and wealthier. But ...
College tends to make people happier, healthier, and wealthier. But how?
